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Adrian WojnarowskiSenior NBA Insider
- Host of The Woj Pod
- Joined ESPN successful 2017
Washington Wizards defender Delon Wright, the team's champion perimeter defender, is expected to miss six to 8 weeks with a close hamstring injury, sources told ESPN connected Thursday.
The Wizards said Wright suffered a Grade 2 strain of his close hamstring during the 4th fourth of Tuesday's triumph against the Detroit Pistons. He played 16 minutes successful that game, scoring 5 points.
The Pistons said Wright's wounded would beryllium re-evaluated successful astir 3 weeks, but the anticipation is that Wright could miss astir 2 months.
In his eighth season, the erstwhile first-round prime had made a important interaction connected Washington's 3-1 start, averaging astir 23 minutes a crippled with 6.5 points, 3.2 assists and 2.5 rebounds.
Wright, 30, signed a two-year, $16 cardinal woody arsenic a escaped cause this summer. He spent past play with the Atlanta Hawks and has had stops with Sacramento, Detroit, Dallas, Memphis and Toronto.
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